realities of government. our country, from the sacrifices of austerity to the rewards of shared prosperity. two journeys linked, the success of each depending on the success of the other. neither will be easy and neither will be quick, but it will be worth it. and be in no doubt. if we secure our country's future, we will secure our own. [applause] we live at a time of profound the article praised my judgment, my policies, but then i saw it was by a certain alexander of doris johnson. there is a lease one party leader he is prepared to endorse in public. colleagues, we live in a time of profound change almost revolutionary in its pace and scale. here in britain, we are faced with a gargantuan task of bringing a new colony from the rubble of the old, and doing so at a time when our main export market is facing its biggest crisis since it was formed. and while the european economy has stalled, countries like indonesia, malaysia, india and china continue to grow, and at a phenomenal rate. the potential consequences of this shift in power, should we in the west fail to respond, cannot be overs